original description
Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1879). Description of two new species of <i>Plectopylis</i>, a subgenus of Helicidae. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 4 (20): 163-164. London [1 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159738
page(s): 164 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Godwin-Austen's (1879) name "Helix minor" is clearly preoccupied, for example by Helix lacertarum var. minor Bourguignat, 1863, but probably by other even earlier names [details]